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before handing it over at a collection point. This does not apply
if end-of-life devices are delivered for preparation for reuse in a
scheme involving a public waste management authority.
3. Options for returning end-of-life devices
Owners of end-of-life devices from private households can hand
them in free of charge at the collection points of public waste
management authorities or at the return points set up by manuf-
acturers or distributors as defined by the German Electrical and
GB
Electronic Equipment Act (ElektroG). Businesses with a sales area of
at least 400 m² for electrical and electronic equipment and grocery
stores with a total sales area of at least 800 m² which offer elec-
trical and electronic equipment and make electrical and electronic
equipment available on the market several times a year, or on a
permanent basis, are obliged to accept returns. This also applies for
cases of sales using telecommunication means if the storage and
shipping areas for electrical and electronic equipment are at least
400 m² or the total storage and shipping areas are at least 800
m². Distributors must generally ensure returns by providing suitable
return facilities at a reasonable distance from the respective end
user. The possibility to return an end-of-life device free of charge
exists for distributors who are obliged to accept a return, if, for exa-
mple, a new device of the same type, which essentially fulfills the
same functions, is supplied to a consumer.
If a new device is delivered to a private household, the similar end-
of-life device may also be handed over there for collection free of
charge; in the case of distribution using telecommunication means,
this applies to devices in categories 1, 2 or 4 as defined in Section
2, para. 1 of the German Electrical and Electronic Equipment Act,
that is, "heat transmitters", "display equipment" or "large-scale
devices" (the latter must have at least one external dimension
of more than 50 centimetres). Consumers are asked about their
intention to return goods when they conclude a purchase contract.
There is also the option of a free return to a distributor's collection
point, regardless of the purchase of a new device, for end-of-life
devices which do not measure more than 25 centimetres in any
external dimension; this limited to three end-of-life devices per type
of device.
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